TRAINING:
Final workshop
The final meeting of Moving Beyond was held on 18 June 2016 in Berlin in conjunction with the 20 th International Congress of Parkinson’s Disease and Movement Disorders More Information
Neurodegenerative disorders are the Europe’s largest health care challenge of our century. A focused, intersectoral pooling of all competences available in the field is needed to overcome this societal challenge. It is the objective of Moving Beyond to fulfil the demand for well-educated personnel addressing the needs of both the private and the public sector, and therefore to be fully prepared to meet the increasing demands of the European (scientific) labour market. To achieve this, fellows will not only be trained in a real inter- sectoral, but also inter-disciplinary (scientists, engineers) environment, bringing together a wide range of assessments (from genetics and molecular biology, via behavioural assessment to programming and data analysis). In addition, attention will be paid to entrepreneurial skills and the management of innovation, product development and marketing.
Local Training
PhD project
The scientific training of Moving Beyond will educate the fellows in their specific field of study including the necessary methods and techniques to carry out their research. The vast spectrum of methods and techniques available in the project also provides the basis for a successful interdisciplinary project:
P2: Mechanisms regulating gait dynamics in ageing populations.
P4: Preclinical and progression parameters of Parkinson’s disease
P6: Parkinson’s disease – a synchronized approach.
Supervision, monitoring and assessment
| Fellow | Second Mentor | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Elizabeth Mali | UCL | Bas Bloem | RUNMC |
| Yoav Beck | TASMC | Rob van Lummel | Mc Roberts |
| Shreyas M. Suryanarayana | KI | John Rothwell | UCL |
| Janet van Uem | Uni Tübingen | Rob van Lummel | Mc Roberts |
| Pedro Custodio | Motek | Peter Praamstra | RUNMC |
| Tomislav Pozaic | Bosch | Walter Maetzle | Uni Tübingen |
| Encarne Mico Amigo | McRoberts | Walter Maetzle | Uni Tübingen |
| Claudia Stummer | RUNMC | John Rothwell | UCL |
| Serena Maggioni | Hocoma | Jeff Hausdorff | TASMC |
Structured doctoral training
| Fellow | Graduate school | |
|---|---|---|
| Elizabeth Mali | UCL | UCL Graduate School |
| Yoav Beck | TASMC | Enroment process ongoing |
| Shreyas M. Suryanarayana | KI | Doctoral School of Karolinska |
| Janet van Uem | Uni Tübingen | Graduate Training Center of Neuroscience Tuebingen |
| Pedro Custodio | Motek | MOVE Research institute from VU Amsterdam |
| Tomislav Pozaic | Bosch | Network of Bosch PhD students |
| Encarne Mico Amigo | McRoberts | VU University Amsterdam, Faculty of Human Movement |
| Claudia Stummer | RUNMC | Donders Centre for Neuroscience |
| Serena Maggioni | Hocoma | ETH Graduate School |
Mutual access to local training programmes
The fellows have continuous information and access to many excellent training courses offered locally by the Moving Beyond partners.
Personal Development plan
Moving Beyond wants the fellows to actively plan their own development, based on their needs, interests and aspirations. Therefore, each fellow has set-up a Personal Development Plan tailored to the individual requirements.
Network-wide training
Secondments
Each fellow will pursue a research project at one of the participating partners. An essential part of each research project fellow is secondment into one or two complementary research groups at partner labs for a period of 1 to 6 months (according to the needs of the projects). The choice of the associated groups will mainly be determined by two factors: (1) needs and gain of the PhD project, and (2) academia-industry transfer of knowledge.
| Fellow | Host | Date | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Elizabeth Mali | UCL | RUNMC | Feb – July 2015 |
| Yoav Beck | TASMC | Mc Roberts | Sep 2014 |
| Shreyas M. Suryanarayana | KI | Hocoma | July 2014 |
| Janet van Uem | Uni Tübingen | Mc Roberts | Jan – Feb 2014 |
| Pedro Custodio | Motek | RUNMC | Aug 2013 – Jan 2014 |
| Tomislav Pozaic | Bosch | Uni Tuebingen | Dec 2014 |
| Encarna Mico Amigo | McRoberts | Uni Tuebingen | July - Aug 2014 |
| Claudia Stummer | RUNMC | UCL | Oct – Nov 2014 |
| Serena Maggioni | Hocoma | TASMC | Jan 2015 |
Training weeks
The scientific in-depth training will be complemented by broad-spectrum training in the form of training weeks. These training weeks reflect directly both the work package structure and the intersectoral composition of the consortium. Complementary skill classes are integrated in the training weeks.
Training week 1: Clinics of age and disease related motor symptoms
Complementary skills: Career development, Effective Scientific Presentations
21-27 October, 2013
Nijmegen, the Netherlands
Organised together with the Initial Training Network PhenoRat
Training week 2: Neural basis and motor function of basal ganglia
Complementary skills: Project management
11 – 13 March 2014
London, UK
Training week 3: Measurement, analysis and diagnostic of motor behaviour
Complementary skills: Communication and Leadership
30 September – 05 October 2014
Den Haag and Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Training week 4: Applied measurement and training of gait and physical activity
Complementary Skills: Job interview
Professor-for-a-day
17-22 March 2015
Zuerich, Switzerland
Stuttgart, Germany
Summer School
Translational Research
Complementary skills: Grant writing
30 August – 04 September 2015 Crete, Greece
General meetings
Kick-off meeting 1:
21 – 22 February 2013
Tuebingen, Germany
Annual meeting:
10 March 2014
London, UK
Mid-term review meeting
29 September 2014
Den Haag, The Netherlands
Annual meeting 2:
16 March 2015
Zuerich, Switzerland